August 13th

We only have a few days left to complete our Summer Fun List, so we hit the Aquarium this morning. But FIRST, Ashton decided to let Dr. Leo Marvin go. He wanted his lizard to be able to find a home before it got too cold. Ash loved this lizard and cried a tiny bit when he set him free. I shed a couple tears myself, mostly because my little boy was sad. (I did love this cute lizard, too, though)

So, this was the first time for us at the new Aquarium. It was cool, pretty deluxe, but small. We were finished way faster than I had anticipated…

Emmy was so cute. She kept her own notes about the animals she was really interested in.

Annie was terrified about going to see the sharks. Which makes complete sense if I stopped for one second to think about what we were asking her to do.

Annie sure is a cuddly girl. She is so sweet to her siblings. Ashton almost fell asleep like this on the way home

While waiting for Josh to get home, we played outside. Annie wanted to brush my hair in the front yard. She also demanded that I sing Repunzel’s song while she pretended to be Mother Gothel.

When Josh got home, I took Emmy shopping for school clothes. It’s weird that she is old enough to CARE about what she is wearing. Waaaaaah! I miss the days when I could just dress her however I wanted.

Last night Josh prayed that we would know what to do about Ethan and school. This afternoon, the afternoon Kindergarten teacher called and said she had an opening and Ethan could be in her class now!!!! McKynlee and Austin are also in that class!!!!! Um, I pretty much took that as a complete answer to my prayers. I canceled Ethan’s preschool registration and I am full on embracing the Kindergarten decision. I have felt so peaceful about it. Here goes my own social experiment, half of my kids red-shirted and half not….